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Rumpus Original Fiction: Curious

  • Nina Shope
  • March 27, 2023
It is a brutal awakening.
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Impossible Hope

  • Amy Bond
  • October 24, 2019
The system does not protect or serve those we call “aliens.”
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On Crossing Over

  • Sharline Chiang
  • July 1, 2019
I wish I knew how to say: You all deserved so much more.
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Closing Nazareth: On Shelter

  • Honora Spicer
  • May 14, 2019
We stood with the open-handed absence which finally allowed for a telling.
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Beyond the Elegant Veneer: Talking with Greer Macallister

  • Erica Wright
  • March 15, 2019
Greer Macallister discusses her new novel, WOMAN 99.
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They Prefer People to Die: On Trump, Borders, and Racism

  • Gris Muñoz
  • June 23, 2018
A good man doesn’t leave someone to die in the desert, and when he uses God’s name, he does it to bless, not to kill.
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On Speaking Plainly: A Conversation with Rajith Savanadasa

  • Samantha Facciolo
  • June 5, 2017
Rajith Savanadasa discusses his debut novel, Ruins, writing across oceans, and the chance encounter with refugees that led to the story at the heart of his novel.
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Regarding the Boy

  • Alexander Pines
  • April 18, 2016
What happens to a place when it can no longer define itself by its history, when it tears everything down? What is the rust belt without the plants, the factories? Who is the boy without his sister?
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The Car that Brought You Here Still Runs

  • Naomi Kimbell
  • October 22, 2013
After taking medications and following a treatment plan, the hospitalizations had gradually replaced family vacations, and I only seemed to be getting worse. “Is it possible you’re wrong about me?” I asked. “Is it possible this whole thing is a mistake”?
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